• Greener cooking methods have been quite the craze lately, but the search for the perfect solution will (hopefully) continue until there is one. In Senegal, “green charcoal” is now being produced from agricultural waste materials to replace the black kind that has caused the destruction of so many trees.

The real importance of the “green charcoal” is that some of it will be produced from the Typha weed infestations that are now clogging the African continent. Eradicatory harvest of the Typha in sub Saharan Africa would fight desertification, malaria and a host of other problems. When grown in clean water and soil, Typha is FOOD. It is always fuel.